That oven-as-missile-decoy story has characteristics of an urban legend: strangeness from familiarity, little guy beats big guy, money beaten by cleverness, well-whaddya-knowness, etc. Has anyone seen any non-amateur sources that back it up?

And if it's true that they tried it, did it really work or did it just back them feel good? It reminds me of people who hang a compact disc from the rear-view mirror because, they think, it defeats police radar.

(And the bunny-cooked-by-radar story sounds like an urban legend within an urban legend.)posted by pracowity at 11:37 PM on May 16, 2001

A confusing NATO bomber: 'I'm going to bomb you! No I'm not!'posted by leafy at 1:25 AM on May 17, 2001

Lord only knows how toxic the fumes must be after making lightning with your old Huey Lewis CD.posted by crunchland at 3:16 AM on May 17, 2001

That oven-as-missile-decoy story has characteristics of an urban legend

My thoughts exactly, pracowity.

Still, sometimes it's nice to give a budding meme a nudge on its way to urban mythdom.posted by lagado at 5:14 AM on May 17, 2001

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